We cor­dially invite you to the jubilee, twen­tieth edition of the NADA MIAMI art fair. At our stand #4.06, we will present the latest works by Emilia Kina, Janek Simon and Paulina Stasik.

 

EMILIA KINA, UNTITLED, 2022

Does a pain­ting con­ceal more than it reveals? Emilia Kina examines the nature of pain­tings, the illusion embed­ded in them, and their physical con­struc­tion. Pleated cur­tains and draperies, a leading theme in Kina’s work, retain lights and shadows. Con­tem­plating the visible world while toying with temp­tation and desire seems to be their primary func­tion. Ultimately, however, they uphold the mystery that awaits us  on the other side.

 

JANEK SIMON, META FOLK­LORE, 2022

Simon col­lec­ted a large database of images from websites like Etsy and Ebay, that problematically categorize folk­loric sculp­tures from around the world. He then used machine-​learning programs, artificial intel­ligence, and 3D prin­ting tech­niques to produce new sculp­tures that everyone and at the same time no-​one can recognise them­selves in. This way, Simon’s work is a gesture that brings focus to open­ness and common grounds, amidst the devastating geo­political con­flicts of cur­rent times.

 

PAULINA STASIK, PAIN­TINGS, 2022

The leit­motif of Paulina Stasik’s pain­tings is invariably bodies—levitating, cap­tured in timeless lethargy—but also the coating of the body itself: the skin, which here func­tions as a kind of living shroud. The unique, dream­like atmosphere of these canvases arises from mythological and fairy-​tale inspirations. Stasik evokes mythical Titans and Atlases in female form, but also images tied to children’s fan­tasies or even puppet theatre. The allusion to the sphere of myth, proto-​spirituality and pan­sexuality is also the artist’s response to the con­tem­porary fate of the world, saturated with apocalyp­tic prophecies, visions of climate disaster and war­time chaos.

 


2022 ART FAIRS

NADA Miami

NADA Miami
30.11–3.12.2022
www.newartdealers.com

 

Ice Palace Studios
Miami, USA



RELATED WORKS

Janek Simon
Meta Folklore

Janek Simon com­bines in his works elements of post-​colonial theory, com­puter science, and anar­chism, with do-it-yourself practices. Meta Folklore is a series of figures prin­ted in 3D tech­nology based on a neural network created by the artist. The con­tinually expan­ding database—a set of photographs of the most varied figurative ethnic sculp­tures from various eras and cultures—is proces­sed based on prin­ciples of machine lear­ning and generates new pat­terns mutated in various ways.

Emilia Kina
Untitled

Paulina Stasik
Trying to mend wounds

The leit­motif of Paulina Stasik’s pain­tings is invariably bodies—levitating, cap­tured in timeless lethargy—but also the coating of the body itself: the skin, which here func­tions as a kind of living shroud. The unique, dream­like atmosphere of these canvases arises from mythological and fairy-​tale inspirations.

Paulina Stasik
Uplift

Stasik evokes mythical Titans and Atlases in female form, but also images tied to children’s fan­tasies or even puppet theatre. The allusion to the sphere of myth, proto-​spirituality and pan­sexuality is also the artist’s response to the con­tem­porary fate of the world, saturated with apocalyp­tic prophecies, visions of climate disaster and war­time chaos.

Paulina Stasik
Pretending to be invisible

 Stasik evokes mythical Titans and Atlases in female form, but also images tied to children’s fan­tasies or even puppet theatre. The allusion to the sphere of myth, proto-​spirituality and pan­sexuality is also the artist’s response to the con­tem­porary fate of the world, saturated with apocalyp­tic prophecies, visions of climate disaster and war­time chaos.

Paulina Stasik
Puppet show

The leit­motif of Paulina Stasik’s pain­tings is invariably bodies—levitating, cap­tured in timeless lethargy—but also the coating of the body itself: the skin, which here func­tions as a kind of living shroud. The unique, dream­like atmosphere of these canvases arises from mythological and fairy-​tale inspirations.